Receptacle.



J. J. M. TRUXELL.

RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5. 1914.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

ATTO R N EY INVENTOR /o%.n 72 144: 2!.

JOHN J. M. TRUXELI), OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

RECEPTACLE.

Application filed-November 5, 1914.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. M. TRUX- ELL, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inReceptacles, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to receptacles and has for its object to providea device of such class with means for locking the lid or cover to thebody of the receptacle.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a receptacle which issimple in its construction and arrangement, strong, du rable, efficientand convenient in its use, readily set up and comparatively inexpensiveto manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts ashereinafter more specifically de scribed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention,but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifica tionscan be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereuntoappended. In the drawings wherein like reference characters denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a receptacle in accordance with this invention. Fig.2 is an elevation of a receptacle in accordance with this invention, alid being detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the locking elementfor the lid. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of a modified form.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2- and 3 of the drawings 1 denotes a cylindricalbody portion which is closed at its bottom and open at its top and haseach side, near the top thereof, formed with a pair of oppositelyextending lateral pins 2, each having a head 3. Secured to the peripheryof the body portion 1, near the upper end, is a vertically disposedcasing 1, having a lengthwise slot 5. The casing 4 is closed at itsbottom and open at its top and extending down into said casing is theflexible shank 6 of a hinge 7,

the latter is fixedly secured to a lid 8, which is formed with a rim 9.The flexible shank 6 is made of a strip of leather. The shank 6 carriesa lug 10 which projects through the Specification of Letters Patent.

llatented Nov. 9, 1915. SerialNb. 2705371.

slot 5. The rim 9 is provided with a pair of laterally extending andoppositely disposed pins 11, each having a head 12. The pins 11 areoffset with respect to the pins 2. The reference character 13 denotes alocking member, which is in the form of a bail and is bent upon itselfintermediate its ends, as at 14c, 15, to provide a pair of loops throughwhich extends the pins 11. The portions of the bail which project fromthe loops 14, 15, and which are indicated at 16, are substantiallyL-shaped in contour and are adapted to engage under the pins 2 wherebythe lid 8 is secured to the body portion 1 as illustrated in Fig. 1. Byswinging the bail to the position shown in Fig. 2 the L-shaped end 16 ofthe locking member is removed from engagement with the pins 2 and thecover can be elevated and swung off the body portion 1. The lid or cover8 has secured thereto a handle 17.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, the construction of the receptacleis similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with this exception, that thelid 8 is provided with a single pin and the body portion 1 with a singlepin and the construction of the looking member is different, otherwisethan that as stated the construction as illustrated in Fig. 1 is thesame as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In Fig. d the rim 9 has a lateralprojecting headed pin 18 and the body portion 1 is formed with a lateralprojecting pin 19 arranged ofiset with the pin 18. The locking member,which is indicated at 20, is formed from a single length of wire, and iswrapped as at 21 around the loop 18 and that portion of the member 20which terminates from the loop 21, is substantially L- shaped as at 22and engages under the pin 19. That portion of the member 20 whichterminates upward from the loop 21 constitutes a handle as at 23. Whenthe locking member is in the position as shown in Fig. 4, the lid 8 issecured to the body portion 1, and when the L-shaped portion of thelooking member 20 is shifted from engagement with the pin 19, the lid 8can be removed from the position shown in Fig. 2 and swung back on itshinge.

What I claim is A receptacle comprising a body portion, a lid hingedthereto, a pair of pins projecting from the sides of said lid atdiametrically opposite points thereon, a pair of pins projecting fromopposite sides of said body tions and adapted to encircle the rim ofsaid 10 portion, and arranged in a vertical plane of lid when locked.

the aforesaid pins and a locking member In testimony whereof I affix mysignapivotally mounted upon the pins carried ture in the presence of twowitnesses by the lid and havlng L'shaped portions en- JOHN J. M TRUXELL.

gaging under the pins carried by the body portion whereby the lid islocked to the Witnesses: body portion, said locking member having a MAXH. Snonovrrz, curved portion connecting the L-shaped p0r- A. KEMPLER.

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